The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

she spoke. and at last stepping up to
her, and addressing her in French:
Il cannot be mistaken" he began.
But before he could get a word fur
ther Violet looked up and saw him.
s.Oh" she cried, with her eyes di-
Iating as if she saw a ghost.
You have not gone to France. You
are here YET,
Mr.. Felix Esprie-for it was he
stared. She had spoken in English,
bat he understood the language better
than he could speak it.
Il have been to France and re-
turned, he answered her III his own
tongue. Il come back to look for
Mdlle. Despard again. | have heard a
rumor that she is dead. Can you per-
haps tell me?"
Are you married? Have you mar
ried Natalie?" Violet asked, hur-
riedly.
mo, certainly. I could only marry
Estelle. If she is dead | shall never
marry. Do you know about it, mad
emoiselle?"
Violet Earle felt very bitter toward
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she had said to herself:
"Oh, how | hate her! How | hope
my turn will Gomez
And it had. Here it was.
She had only to say, ''She is dead, y
and this supplemented Frenchman, in
all probability, would 90 home again
to France without looking any more
for his lost Estelle.
But she did not say that.
.'She is not dead, she told the man
instead
Il know where she lives. will 90
with you and show you"
But the trouble" he cried, almost
beside himself with joy.
at is no trouble; and if it were, |
should 20. | lied to you before. /
told you Mdlle. Despard did not live
there when she did. | was angry, and
| said she was not there, to plague
her"
''Ah, but that was wicked thing,
said the Frenchman.
1T was wicked, but I have paid for
it. That foolish lie cost me home,
fortune, friends-everything."
.Estelle DeSpard was alone, think
ing, perhaps, of the lover she des-
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She opened it herself, and fell
screaming into his arms
Violet followed him into the room,
and stood waiting till the transport of
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one moment, MISS Earle II you
Please, ,i hSIelle DesPard Sald' Iau@h-
ing nose are all very ,good fea-
sons. buI can give you getter one.
II you had not brought me FellX, you
might have stayed a pauper all your
days Tor me-. es, You might have
starved, and would not have helped
YOU. only offered you a home with
me that l might least on your humlll-
alton. Ibid take Mrs. Rone's will, but
| did not destroy 1t; it Is here"
She went and unlocked drawer,
ana took II out. and came back with 1t
IN her hands.
NIoiet looked lncredulous.
doh pelleVe II IS the VIII! she
exclaimed.
~ on can ask a lawyer, the French
woman Sald. tossing 1t upon a char,
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